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Qoph or '''Qop''' is the nineteenth letter in many Semitic Abjads , including Phoenician , Aramaic , Hebrew and Arabic Alphabet (in Abjadi Order ). Its value is a Pharyngealized velar stop, IPA , see also Emphatic Consonant . It became over time the letter Q in the Latin Alphabet , and the letter Qoppa in certain early varieties of the Greek Alphabet . ORIGINS OF QOPH: The origin of Qoph is usually thought to have come from a Pictogram of a Monkey , with the body and tail shown (In Hebrew, ''Qoph'', spelled in Hebrew letters as קוף, means "monkey", and ''K'of'' in Old Egptian meant a type of monkey). Others have proposed that it originated from a pictogram of someone's head and neck (''Qaph'' in Arabic meant the Nape ). QOPH IN HEBREW: Hebrew Pronunciation: Qoph is usually pronounced in /). Significance of Qoph: Qoph in Gematria represents the number 100. Sarah is described in Genesis Rabba as "בת ק' כבת כ' שנה לחטא", literally ''At Qoph years of age, she was like Kaph years of age in sin'' (i.e. when she was 100 years old, she was as sinless as when she was 20). Qoph is used in an Israeli phrase: after a child will say something false, one might say "B' Shin Qoph, Resh " (With Shin, Qoph, Resh). These letters spell Sheqer, which is the Hebrew word for a lie. It would be akin to an English speaker saying "That's a L - I - E ." |
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